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« Thread Started on Sept 20, 2006, 1:46am » | |
Haiku -- A fixed-form poem, which was developed by the Japanese, but has also been found in the English language. It consist of three lines with a fixed number of syllables in the order of 5, 7, 5.
The Japanese-form of Haiku usually always make a reference to a season of the year, whether directly or indirectly, while the English-form of Haiku doesn't always mention nature, but does stick to the syllable count.
In recent years poets have taken liberty with syllable count allowing some lines to have more or less syllables.
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Example:
"Banbury"
by Jane K. Lambert
Road from Banbury
a man spilled from his crushed car
dead eyes full of rain
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-- poetryinacup
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